二氧化碳税最早由英国经济学家阿瑟·皮苟(Arthur Cecil Pious)在《福利经济学》一书中提出。二氧化碳税可以通过对燃煤和石油等化石燃料产品的含碳量进行征税来实现减少化石燃料消耗和二氧化碳这一主要温室气体的排放。
尽管人们普遍对新税收构想表示反感,萨科齐清晰地将其定为“二氧化碳税”。
Despite widespread antipathy to the idea of new taxes, he clearly labelled it a “carbon tax”.
一种与众不同的自由贸易斗争在法国赫然出现,此事件正迫使整个欧洲境内实施“二氧化碳税”,具体细节尚不明确。
A different free-trade fight looms with France, which is pushing for a "carbon tax" to be imposed at Europe's borders, though the details are unclear.
也许有其他的方式来提高二氧化碳排放的价格,比如说在欧盟范围内提高二氧化碳税,这也会以某种方式影响进口。
There may be other ways to raise carbon costs that have more appeal: a rising EU-wide carbon tax, for example, that would be imposed in some form on imports too.
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